[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#915675: libasound2-data: Kernel 4.18 change breaks WD15 dock usb audio

[Luke W Faraone]

On Thu, 6 Dec 2018 08:36:30 +0100 Elimar Riesebieter wrote:
> * Angus Lees [2018-12-06 09:29 +1100]:
>
> [...]
> >
> > After *much* debugging, I stumbled across
> >
https://github.com/edrose/dell-dock-audio-fix/issues/2#issuecomment-440420105
> >
> > Apparently the device was renamed in the kernel, and
> > /usr/share/alsa/ucm/Dell-WD15-Dock/HiFi.conf needs to be updated
> > accordingly (s/WD15Dock/Dock/). I can confirm this change (followed
> > by pulseaudio restart) fixed things immediately for me.
>
> There is a patch in upstreams git. But we have to find a solution
> where kernels < 4.18 are working as well. Thats not that easy,
> though.

Since we're going with 4.19+ in Buster, if we can't find a config  that
work in both >/<4.18, would it make sense to ship the config that'll
work in the shipped kernel?

Cheers,

Luke Faraone

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